Laura Wagner

New York

Media Reporter at The Washington Post

Media reporter @washingtonpost Member @postguild

Articles

Republicans target funding for NPR and PBS in contentious congressional hearing

4 weeks ago | adn.com | Laura Wagner

Chief executives for NPR and PBS defended their organizations’ programming and made the case for public media in acongressional hearing Wednesdayorganized by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) to examine accusations that the two networks have a liberal bias.
Marjorie Taylor Greene battles NPR and PBS leaders in House hearing

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Laura Wagner

Marjorie Taylor Greene battles NPR and PBS leaders in House hearing (washingtonpost.com) Marjorie Taylor Greene battles NPR and PBS leaders in House hearing By Laura Wagner 2025032621581000 Chief executives for NPR and PBS defended their organizations' programming and made the case for public media in a congressional hearing Wednesday organized by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) to examine accusations that the two networks have a liberal bias.
Trump confronts reporters with a simple question: ‘Who are you with?’

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Laura Wagner

During a press scrum at the Kennedy Center on Monday, an NBC reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he used an autopen to sign documents, something Trump had criticized former president Joe Biden for doing.
For NPR’s Anas Baba, covering the war in Gaza also means living it

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Laura Wagner

For 17 months and counting, Anas Baba’s life has revolved around only two things: reporting from Gaza as an NPR producer, and staying alive. Scrape together enough canned lentils for a meal; interview a father about the death of his malnourished son. Avoid getting hit by Israeli fire; report on the baby sisters whose limbs were blown off a day after being vaccinated against polio.
AP, White House remain in access standoff

2 months ago | postguam.com | Jeremy Barr |Laura Wagner

A White House official said Friday that The Associated Press will be prevented from having reporters attend events in the Oval Office or fly with the president on Air Force One, a prohibition that could severely limit the news organization’s ability to cover the administration.
Republican ire at USAID finds an unusual target: Politico

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Ellison |Clara Ence Morse |Laura Wagner

Conservative attacks on the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development landed on an unexpected target Wednesday when Elon Musk, right-wing influencers, elected Republicans and the White House zeroed in on subscription money that federal government agencies paid for Politico Pro and other specialty subscription publications aimed at corporations and government entities.
“I’ll Continue to Live”: Haitian Immigrants Face Uncertainty in Trump’s America

2 months ago | progressive.org | Laura Wagner

Last September, the same week that President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance promoted racist lies about Haitian immigrants eating pet dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio, I visited Anderson and his family, recent immigrants from Haiti, at their home on a tranquil residential street in a midsize city in the Southeastern United States. Upon arriving, I noticed two adjacent homes across the street.
Jeff Bezos is optimistic about working with a 'calmer' Trump

Dec 4, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Caroline O'Donovan |Laura Wagner

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday that he was optimistic about Donald Trump's second term as president and ready to help him to cut federal regulation, suggesting the tech billionaire hopes to avoid clashes like those that saw Trump in his first term accuse Amazon of paying insufficient taxes.
Judge pauses the Onion’s takeover of Infowars over auction concerns

Nov 15, 2024 | spokesman.com | Laura Wagner

A federal bankruptcy judge has paused the Onion’s acquisition of Alex Jones’s Infowars pending a court review of the auction process, after lawyers for Jones and the company affiliated with him complained that the satirical news site had put in a bid of $3.5 million. The Onion, which planned to relaunch the conspiracy-minded Infowars as a parody website, was named the winner of the bankruptcy auction held in Houston on Thursday.
Judge pauses the Onion’s takeover of Infowars over auction concerns

Nov 15, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Laura Wagner

A federal bankruptcy judge has paused the Onion’s acquisition of Alex Jones’s Infowars pending a court review of the auction process, after lawyers for Jones and the company affiliated with him complained that the satirical news site had put in a bid of $3.5 million. The Onion, which planned to relaunch the conspiracy-minded Infowars as a parody website, was named the winner of the bankruptcy auction held in Houston on Thursday.